Temple Mami Dan Densu of Alaska

There is a quite prolific author and Hounnan whose work I greatly admire. She wrote recently about the challenges of teaching Vodou...

A few months ago someone close to me publicly disagreed with me on my assertion, "Spiritual but not religious people are either mistaken...

In my mind this started out very small and simple, but upon further reflection there's no way I can have this discussion in a single...

I'm not in the habit of telling other people who and what they are without divining for them first. That said I reject the racial...

I was listening to Tyler Perry's speech in Detroit this afternoon. It was inspiring, but it got me to thinking. Doesn't America owe us a...

Is Vodou compatible with other religions? The true answer is "Yes, but". Vodou, like most other religions, have many conceptual...

No path is lonelier. You are a person under relentless scrutiny. You are reviled by the world because you are too small. You are rejected...

No one asks me this question to my face but I hear it whispered behind my back. Isn’t it devil worship? Aren’t you afraid of being...

My wife and I was talking last week about prayer. The need to do it daily as a form of self care. She doesn't like to do it and...

Sacrifices to TODELA went well today. I stopped by the shop of my livestock vendor to inquire about the well being of her business. She...

A young woman I tutor in Yewevodou expressed a desire to "work" with her vodous. Naturally, I took the moment to educate her about the...

You can tell who's in the Vodou by what they don't do. We avoid certain colors, foods, times or types of speech and even certain intimate...

For about a week or so I was swamped in blue feelings and I didn't understand why. During that time I noticed some disheartening...

Mami Yeυevodou, a matrilineal African tradition, bares a striking resemblance to Hinduism… Nana Densu …and detractors of Africans and...